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Richard Matheson

Highest Rated: 100% The Night Strangler (1973)

Lowest Rated: 0% Loose Cannons (1990)

Birthday: Feb 20, 1926

Birthplace: Allendale, New Jersey, USA

Over a career that spanned more than six decades and encompassed the mediums of literature, film and television, writer Richard Matheson crafted classic tales of horror, science fiction and fantasy. After making a deal to write the screen adaptation of his novel for "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (1957), he quickly made a name for himself working on a cycle of Edgar Allan Poe films with director Roger Corman and as a contributing writer on Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" (CBS, 1959-1964). Matheson later teamed with future film giant Steven Spielberg for the first time on the TV movie "Duel" (ABC, 1971). Other television triumphs included the screenplay for the influential "The Night Stalker" (ABC, 1972), an acclaimed interpretation of "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (CBS, 1974), and the cult-classic "Trilogy of Terror" (ABC, 1975). His fiction work proved to be a nearly inexhaustible well of inspiration in Hollywood, as exemplified by feature films such as the time-traveling romance "Somewhere in Time" (1980), the supernatural murder mystery "Stir of Echoes" (1999), and "I Am Legend" (2007), the third big-screen adaptation of his novella of the same name. Uncomfortable with the term "genre writer," Matheson, a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, was nonetheless responsible for sparking the imaginations of readers, audiences and generations of filmmakers with stories that never failed to deliver on the fantastic. He died in 2013, with his influence apparent in countless modern interpretations of horror and science fiction.

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Highest rated movies

100% 87% The Night Strangler
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89% 84% Duel
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89% 69% The Comedy of Terrors
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89% 74% The Pit and the Pendulum
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88% 66% Burn, Witch, Burn!
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84% 74% House of Usher
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83% 83% The Incredible Shrinking Man
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79% 68% The Last Man on Earth
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68% 70% Stir of Echoes
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65% 53% The Omega Man
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Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man Self - 2009
68% 70% Stir of Echoes Writer $21.1M 1999
52% 84% What Dreams May Come Writer $55.5M 1998
0% 27% Loose Cannons Screenwriter $4.5M 1990
11% 17% Jaws III Screenwriter - 1983
59% 55% Twilight Zone: The Movie Screenwriter - 1983
52% 88% Somewhere in Time Astonished Man (Character),
Screenwriter
- 1980
No Score Yet 34% Dead of Night Director - 1977
60% 43% Dracula Screenwriter - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Icy Breasts Writer - 1974
100% 87% The Night Strangler Screenwriter - 1973
89% 84% Duel Screenwriter - 1971
65% 53% The Omega Man Writer - 1971
10% 24% De Sade Writer - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet It's Alive Screenwriter - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Young Warriors Writer - 1967
50% 58% Die! Die! My Darling! Screenwriter - 1965
89% 69% The Comedy of Terrors Screenwriter - 1964
79% 68% The Last Man on Earth Screenwriter - 1964
88% 66% Burn, Witch, Burn! Writer - 1962
No Score Yet 21% Master of the World Screenwriter - 1961
89% 74% The Pit and the Pendulum Screenwriter - 1961
84% 74% House of Usher Writer - 1960
No Score Yet 0% The Beat Generation Screenwriter - 1959
83% 83% The Incredible Shrinking Man Writer - 1957

TV

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92% 96% The Twilight Zone Writer 1960-1963 2013
63% 80% Masters of Horror Writer 2005
No Score Yet 78% Amazing Stories Director,
Writer
1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet B.J. and the Bear Writer 1981
No Score Yet 100% Night Gallery Writer 1971-1972
10% No Score Yet The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Writer 1966
80% 89% Star Trek Writer 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thriller Writer 1961